Bread making and Dutch oven

[Stilllearning]

On 04/12/2023 at 15:35, LadyG said:

I could manage a bread maker, but most of the time i could buy a sliced loaf. So really it's just fresh bread is the thing.

I used to make oatcakes, soda scones, and things like that, either I am more fussy now, or I have lost the recipe.

One can buy packs of ready mix bread flour, these are good standbyes

Years ago, while on a friend's yacht in the Isles of Scilly I baked a good wholemeal loaf on a gas hob by using a big pressure cooker directly in the flames. All the preparation was as usual for bread, kneading and proving etc, then final rise in the cooker with the lid off, then gas on full and put the lid on tight, but without the pressure valve.

[Sir Percy]

On 04/12/2023 at 12:16, LadyG said:

What can you suggest. I was thinking a small cast iron lidded item. They cost about £40 and I can't see how I can make bread in them any better than existing cooking on top of hob. I was thinking about sticking it inside the stove when it is hot., a few red embers.

 

You can bake a loaf in an outdoor pizza oven - but these are rather pricey, may not be worth it unless you are going to use it regularly.

https://uk.ooni.com/collections/ovens

 

p.s. flatbreads don't have to turn out like a ship's biscuit...